Delivered by Ashish Kothari of Kalpavriksh, on behalf of several civil society organizations gathered as part of the CBD Alliance.

“We welcome the progress in implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) that many Parties have made, as shown in the CBD Secretariat’s assessment put out in UNEP/CBD/COP/11/26. We also commend the Secretariat and Parties for organizing a series of capacity workshops on various aspects of the PoWPA”. Read more